Black Snow is released!

Everyone knows Snow’s parents died a long time ago, and she has perfected her happy smile and girly giggle so no one suspects that she hides a darker side of herself deep inside. No one, except her bird – and Nick, who always seems to know how she feels…

And I tried, I really did. I even decided to spend two months on it, and tried out various Manga books but it didn’t matter which one I picked up, it just didn’t work for me. My eyes got stuck on the beauty of some of the drawings, so I lost focus on the story and then I found it annoying to get back into it. When I didn’t like the drawings, I found the format difficult. I tried to blame it on the fact that I’ve left my teenage years somewhat behind, but since my brother-in-law (who has left his teenage years equally far behind) actually enjoys it – I have to conclude that it’s… me.

Sometimes you just have to cut your losses, and move on, so now I’m reading an autobiography instead. And like it a LOT, more on that once I’m done.

Also – I decided to draw some manga and in case you’ve never tried; let me tell you – it is really hard. It might look like simple lines and shadows, but the simplicity is deceptive and I’ll have to practice a lot more before I can stop calling my feeble attempts cartoons and start calling it manga (if ever). Will post some of my stuff later, mostly for your amusement…